Special Olympics Oregon

LET ME WIN!

BUT IF I CAN NOT WIN,

LET ME BE BRAVE IN THE ATTEMPT!

(Special Olympic Athlete's Oath)

Local Program Coordinator

Don Howard 503-859-2794 (Leave a Message) mrdddon@wvi.com

Sports Manager

Gloria Jorgensen 541-258-8121 (Ext #3) gloriaj@wvrc.org

Financial Administrator

Julie Foubert 541-258-8762 lemuelinc@centurytel.net

Athlete Medicals Manager

Stephanie Follett 541-258-8762 lemuelinc@centurytel.net

Volunteer Manager inkaspot@smt-net.com

Luella Mosley

Committee Member

George Thomas zoomzm@comcast.net

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THE MISSION OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS:

To provide year-round sports training and athletic competition

in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with

cognitive impairments, giving them continued opportunities

to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience

joy, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship

with families, other Special Olympic athletes and the community.

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Sports offered:

* Winter Sports: Basketball (Begins in January)

* Summer Sports: Athletics, Bocce & Softball (Begins in April)

* Fall Sports: Bowling, Swimming & Volleyball (Begins in Late August)

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SOOR-LINN COUNTY!

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE

1)    ON-LINE

2)    FROM (STEPHANIE 541-258-8762)

3)    FROM (GLORIA 541-258-8121 – Ext. #3)

4)    OR E-MAIL! mrdddon@wvi.com

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OPEN LETTER TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN

SOOR LINN COUNTY!

First I wish to thank the people who found the time to show up for yesterdays meeting!

For those who were not there the following is what was decided!

Basketball will continue on for this season. This is due to some great people stepping up

to the plate when they were most needed (Gary Horn, Candice Lovejoy, Sue Stewart and

George Thomas). So if you happen to see any of these folks be sure to say thank-you!

All February’s scheduled activities have been cancelled! All future activities will be dependent

on having enough volunteers signed up before the activity! (We will have more on how you

HOPE IT WILL BE ONLY A TEMPORARY PAUSE IN OUR SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES!

WE HOPE THAT OTHERS VALUE THESE ACTIVITIES AS MUCH AS THE PEOPLE WE

SERVE DO!

SPRING SPORTS

All sports (Softball, Track, Bocce) will be dependent on the number of coaches we have signed up

(prior) to the start of the season! Up until now we have tried to serve everyone who wished to participate.

If we have enough coaches this will continue. If we do not we will need to limit the number of athletes

who may participate. This will be tough, but the alternative is to have no one participate.

ALL SPORTS BEYOND SPRING SPORTS WILL BE HANDLED USING THE SAME METHOD!

We will continue in our effort to recruit more activity volunteers/coaches and more information on

who to contact will follow in the next few days!

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to e-mail Gloria at gloriaj@wvrc.org or myself

at mrdddon@wvi.com we welcome your input. If you have a group or know individuals who may like

to volunteer, please send us their contact information and we will be happy to make contact. We have a

new Volunteer Manager, but it will take her a while to get up to speed with the program and be in a

position to take over those duties. But we wish to thank her in advance! Her name is Luella Mosley and

she has been active in Special Olympics for a number of years. Both as a volunteer and a parent of a athlete!

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WE WANT A YOUTH PROGRAM!

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

If you know a family who has an intellectually disabled child(ren) who is

8 years-old or over and would like more information about how they can

participate in Special Olympics in Linn County please call Don Howard

503-910-6286 (leave a message) or e-mail me at mrdddon@wvi.com for a medical

application form. Families are also welcome to volunteer and participate

with their child(ren) and may request a volunteer application.

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WHY YOU SHOULD BECOME A SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETE!

http://www.soor.org/athlete_faq.html

ATHLETE APPLICATION:

https://lpc.soor.org/LPCContent/Forms/Application%20for%20Participation%202008.pdf

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A SOOR-LINN COUNTY VOLUNTEER?

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION:

https://lpc.soor.org/downloads/08_Volunteer_Application_Form.pdf

PLEASE SEND ALL COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO:

SOOR – Linn County

P.O. Box 2313

Lebanon, OR 97355

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OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST (LINKS)

1) The "BITE of Oregon" http://www.biteoforegon.com/

2) Torch Run! http://www.torchrunoregon.com/

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Information: http://www.soor.org/plunge/index.html

NEED MORE INFORMATION?

Carol @ 541-258-8762

DATES & TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!

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SOME OF OUR GREAT VOLUNTEERS!

FEATURED BOWLING ATHLETES

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READ SPECIAL OLYMPIC "SUMMER SPORTS RULES"

http://www.specialolympics.org/Special+Olympics+Public+Website/English/Coach/Sports_Rules/Summer+Sports.htm

READ SPECIAL OLYMPIC "WINTER SPORTS RULES"

http://www.specialolympics.org/Special+Olympics+Public+Website/English/Coach/Sports_Rules/Winter+Sports.htm

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2009 SPORTS EVENTS

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SOOR-LINN COUNTY

WISHES TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST

APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO THE

FOLLOWING SUPPORTERS!

LEBANON POLICE DEPARTMENT (AND

ALL IT'S FINE OFFICERS)!

ALBANY APPLEBEE'S

LEBANON WAL-MART!

(WVRC)WILLAMETTE VALLEY REHABILITATION CENTER!

INTERNATIONAL PAPER!

UMPQUA BANK!

LINN-CO FEDERAL CREDIT UNION!

FEATURED ATHLETES!!!

HAROL DREW GREG JOHNSON CURTIS CANCELOSI

SPECIAL OLYMPIC COACHES ARE THE GREATEST!

Erin Bowers, Kerith Williams, Rob Williams Terri, Gloria Jorgenson, Kathy Freitag(Sp?)